Woman injured in Weston fire dies

Friday

WESTON – An elderly woman who was injured Tuesday in a three-alarm fire at her North Avenue home has died, authorities confirmed.

The woman, who suffered second- and third-degree burns in the three-alarm fire, died later that day.

Weston Fire Chief David B. Soar and James DeSimone, spokesman for the state Fire Marshal's Office, each confirmed the woman’s death.

A spokeswoman for the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said the office will not identify the woman until the state medical examiner confirms a cause of death.

The cause of the fire at 506 North Ave. has not been determined, DeSimone said.

Firefighters arrived at the home about 7 a.m. Tuesday to find it engulfed in flames, Soar said that day.

The woman, whom he said was in her mid-80s, was home alone at the time. She got out of the house and onto her front porch when a passing motorcyclist stopped and helped the woman get away from the burning home.

She was taken to a hospital to be treated for burns, authorities said.

Along with Weston, firefighters from Lincoln, Newton, Wayland, Waltham and Wellesley helped fight the blaze. The fire was under control shortly after 8 a.m., authorities said.

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